1478 > Birth at Bruges of Philip the Fair (le Beau), father of the emperor Charles V

1521 > A Royal Commission and Henry VIII designate More, with four others, to confer in the name of England with the delegates of the Germanic Hanse, in the Diet which sits in Bruges from 14 September to November 25

1525 > At the Spanish Court in Toledo, death of Richard Wingfield, whom More will succeed as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and as High Steward of Cambridge University

1527 > More departs from Calais with Wolsey for a diplomatic tour of northern France